Communist Workers' Party of Germany

The Communist Workers' Party of Germany (KAPD) was a communist political party in early-20th century Germany. The KAPD was founded in Heidelberg in April 1920 as a split from the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), rejecting the KPD's Leninist and Stalinist views in favor of pre-Lenin, "left communist" views. The KAPD had over 43,000 members in 1921, and it became a coopted member of the Comintern, sometimes cooperating with the KPD. In 1927, the Essen branch of the group dissolved, followed by the Berlin branch in 1933, and the two branches merged into the KPD.